The 2020s PortalThe2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand [and] twenties"; shortened to "the '20s" and also known as "The Twenties") is the currentdecade that began on 1 January 2020, and will end on 31 December 2029. During the early part of this decade, theworld population grew from 7.7 billion to over 8 billion people. In 2023,India overtookChina to become themost populous country in the world. TheCOVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath marked the early 2020s. The first reports ofthe virus were published on 31 December 2019, though thefirst cases are said to have appeared nearly a month earlier. The pandemic led toa global economic recession,sustained rise in global inflation, andsupply chain crisis. TheWorld Health Organization declared the virus aglobal state of emergency. With multipleextreme weather events andecological crises continuing to escalate, several world leaders have called the 2020s the "decisive decade" forclimate action. The years 2023 and 2024 both broke yearlyglobal temperature records, with 2024 breaching1.5 °C abovepre-industrial levels. Globaleconomic inequality skyrocketed. Widespreaddemocratic backsliding continued and many countries' governance shifted fromliberal democracy and towardsauthoritarianism, marking the end of thePost–Cold War era. According to theV-Dem Institute, theUnited States became anelectoral autocracy under acompetitive authoritarian regime for the first time in its history during thesecond presidency of Donald Trump.Far-right extremist andauthoritarian politics also became prominent inChina,South Korea,Israel,Europe, andRussia.Conservative andright-wing populist leaders maintained or returned to power, such asDonald Trump,Benjamin Netanyahu, andVladimir Putin, whileliberal leaders such asKamala Harris,Keir Starmer, andVolodymyr Zelenskyy were defeated or are struggling. Anti-governmentdemonstrations andrevolts occurred, such as theGen Z protests including the "Asian Spring" inAsian countries, predominantly led by the eponymousGeneration Z, in response toinequality, decliningstandards of living,corruption,democratic backsliding andauthoritarianism. Social media has been a common tool for activism and coordination.Protests against responses to COVID-19,against racism and police brutality by theBlack Lives Matter movement, and against various forms of governmental jurisdiction,corruption, and authoritarianism occurred; along with citizen riots throughout theUnited States andBrazil attempting to overturn election results, seen by supporters as stolen, taking place. Amongdemocracies in 2024, its elections saw 80% ofincumbent parties lose support worldwide, as with the2024 United States presidential election. In 2025, Trumptriggered a global trade war, marking a new era ofeconomic nationalism and the end offree trade. (Full article...) Selected articleThe King and Queen waving from the balcony ofBuckingham Palace following the coronation service Thecoronation ofCharles III and his wife,Camilla, asking andqueen of theUnited Kingdom and the 14 otherCommonwealth realms, took place on Saturday, 6 May 2023 atWestminster Abbey. Charlesacceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon thedeath of his mother,Elizabeth II. The ceremony was structured around anAnglican service ofHoly Communion. It included the King taking an oath, beinganointed withholy oil, and receiving thecoronation regalia, emphasising his spiritual role and secular responsibilities. Representatives of theChurch of England and theBritish royal family declared their allegiance to him, and people throughout the Commonwealth realms were invited to do so. The Queen was crowned in a shorter and simpler ceremony. After the service, members of the royal family travelled toBuckingham Palace in a state procession and appeared on the palace's rear and front balconies. The service was altered from past British coronations to represent the multiple faiths, cultures, and communities of the United Kingdom, and was shorter than Elizabeth II's coronation. It had a peak UK television audience of 20.4 million, making it the most watched television broadcast of 2023, and attracted a global audience of 2 billion people across 125 countries. (Full article...) General imagesThe following are images from various 2020s-related articles on Wikipedia.
Selected biographyPichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known asSundar Pichai (pronounced:/ˈsʊndɜːrpɪˈtʃeɪ/), is anIndian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) ofAlphabet Inc. and its subsidiaryGoogle. Pichai began his career as amaterials engineer. Following a short stint at the management consulting firmMcKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software products, includingGoogle Chrome andChromeOS, as well as being largely responsible forGoogle Drive. In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such asGmail andGoogle Maps. (Full article...) TopicsInteresting factsCategoriesRelated portalsWikiprojects
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